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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Deal: Digital Movie Deals for May 19, 2020

Here is a collection of digital movie deals to help keep you entertained while you quarantine. There are some great choices here. For the kids, we have the Despicable Me / Minions bundle to keep them laughing in between home schooling. For those that need something to pick them up, we have A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and The Green Book. And for those that want some historical drama we have American Gangster and Darkest Hour. And for those who want a sci-fi thriller, Underwater is a tense one! The movies listed as Movies Anywhere will port to your linked iTunes, Amazon, Microsoft, Google Play, and VUDU accounts.

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Friday, April 17, 2020

What to Watch This Weekend: April 17, 2020

Redbox: Just Mercy

Just Mercy is an inspiring, timely, and sadly appropriate movie for our times. It has Oscar-worthy acting, amazing cinematography, and tells an important story that that doesn't leave a heart untouched or an eye dry at its conclusion. For more information, check out our review!

Redbox: Underwater
Underwater's intense action, climactic score, and good characters are sunk by a plot that dives into nonsense halfway through this short film. However, it is still worth a rental to see the interesting premise and suspenseful action. For more information, check out our review!

Digital: Pigeon Kings
PigeonKings explores the competitive aerobatic pigeon scene in south central LA through two men's passion for the sport and community. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Netflix): #BlackAF

#BlackAF provides a great balance of comedy and storytelling, while taking risks in being unfiltered, bold, and honest. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Amazon): The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse has a distinctive and recognizable style, along with Oscar-worthy performances from its two leads. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Netflix): Sergio

The Lighthouse has a distinctive and recognizable style, along with Oscar-worthy performances from its two leads. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Netflix): School Life

School Life teaches some valuable life lessons about growing up and finding your place in life, with an enjoyable cast of characters in a French high school drama. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (HBO): It: Chapter 2
It Chapter Two reunites the Losers with the iconic clown, but does so in an unnecessarily long way. The film has a fantastic cast and a ton of tension, but the long run time and ridiculous CG effects spoil the overall experience. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Showtime): A Dog's Journey

If you want something uplifting this weekend, check out this audience-loved movie about a dog who lives multiple lives to try and come back to his original owner.

Friday, January 10, 2020

Review: Underwater

Release date: January 10, 2020
Running time: 95 minutes
Starring: Kristen Stewart, T.J. Miller, Jessica Henwick

Underwater takes us on a journey with a team of subaquatic researchers including Norah (Stewart) , Emily (Henwick), Captain (Vincent Cassel). They must do their best to survive in their subterranean laboratory after suffering what they think is an earthquake. But as they dig deeper to the bottom of the ocean they discover something that will put the mission and the lives of the entire team in jeopardy.

I will admit that coming into this movie, I had low expectations as the trailers really reminded me of a deep sea version of Alien Covenant and LIFE (both of which I did not enjoy). But I was hopeful because of the inclusion of Kristen Stewart fresh off her enjoyable role in Charlie's Angels. Although this movie was short, it quickly caught my attention with its suspenseful action, great visuals, and climatic score. This was all highlighted in the opening sequence, where the fantastic cinematography was on display, wasting no time with some thrilling panning and tracking shots. The slow motion action effects were amazing and probably some of the best I have seen in recent memory. And its clear FOX Studios loves some T.J. Miller as his character was irreverent and funny, very similar to his role in the popular Deadpool franchise. He was my highlight of the film; incredibility funny and enjoyable, which acted as a balance to the intense action and light horror of the rest of this movie.

However, some of the issues with the film do drag down this otherwise good action suspense movie. As soon as you start to get into the film and think that you understand what is going on, the movie dives down to a level that makes absolutely no sense. I don't think I have seen a movie where the trailer leaves you optimistic but actually seeing the movie leaves you more confused. I honestly do not think i can answer the who, what, where, when, and how of this film. I could surely research certain aspects but why must I do further investigation to understand a film I just saw? I didn't understand the endgame and even at times the severity of their predicament didn't feel intense at all. Which is a shame, because like I said, I really did enjoy the initial parts of the film and thought that this could have been a really interesting adventure.

Underwater's intense action, climactic score, and good characters are sunk by a plot that dives into nonsense halfway through this short film.

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